Rhiannon McGavin - "Art Class" Rhiannon McGavin

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@chiaraesposito9726
@chiaraesposito9726 9 жыл бұрын
"I can't draw a straight line anymore but thats okay because her hair is naturally curly" this is so beautiful.
@laagan4366
@laagan4366 7 жыл бұрын
Chiara Esposito omg this is why i watch it everytime
@rebeccaariola455
@rebeccaariola455 9 жыл бұрын
The one thing i loved most about this entire poem is all of the support she recieved from the audience. By the end of the poem she was calm and that is because of all the "come on"'s, the audience shouted for her. Plus the comment at the beginning, "come on, poet, remember why you wrote it." Beautiful.
@artemis4935
@artemis4935 9 жыл бұрын
her voice sounds so on the edge of crying it's besutiful
@masonkemper1793
@masonkemper1793 8 жыл бұрын
She starts off so soft and innocent sounding, almost childlike. And as she progresses you can hear the maturity and pain. And lord I just can't get over it. Gives me chills every time.
@Yellowducky665
@Yellowducky665 9 жыл бұрын
"I can't draw a straight line anymore but that's okay" omg omg
@MrFrozenUndies2000
@MrFrozenUndies2000 8 жыл бұрын
'I would give blood to my brush for her to blush at me in that shade' fuckk
@lissylyrics1987
@lissylyrics1987 8 жыл бұрын
@SweetRubes
@SweetRubes 8 жыл бұрын
I never thought that someone could speak the thoughts that echo in my brain but here it is... "You're not supposed to look at your friends like that" that sentence hit me hard; and so did this whole poem
@bowlingally
@bowlingally 8 жыл бұрын
+SweetRubes The other one that hit just as hard for me of not harder was "When you watch your best friends dance with boys who will never be you" This whole poem was hard hitting and beautiful
@leynalouise5329
@leynalouise5329 8 жыл бұрын
this whole poem made me cry. it's echoing my thoughts.
@gwenrees7594
@gwenrees7594 7 жыл бұрын
SweetRubes that line is so hard hitting xx
@then.e.r.d3049
@then.e.r.d3049 6 жыл бұрын
Same
@EpsilonA789
@EpsilonA789 8 жыл бұрын
She is the poet I aspire to be
@sophieschmidt221
@sophieschmidt221 8 жыл бұрын
In my kindergarten art class, sunlight dripped through fingerpaint-covered windows. I learnt the primaries: red, blue, yellow. I could make the whole rainbow out of three colours. I was older when I started telling myself that I only looked at the female anatomical models for reference. I had so much experience dressing quickly and keeping my eyes on the ground in the locker room, but this girl made me understand why they say “pretty as a painting”. You can’t touch museum art. We have the same lotion. It smells better on her, it makes me think of cookies and old Paris cafés where the great painters had lunch. The colour palette I bring from home is so dark, but she makes me lean towards romantiscism. I can’t draw a straight line anymore but it’s okay; her hair is naturally curly. A boy called her weird yesterday, and I wanted to tell her that I have spent hours practicing shading to recreate the light in her eyes, but that would make it obvious I’d been staring. You’re not supposed to look at your friends like that. Our teacher says the colourmaker Diesbach tried to make a perfect red and created ultramarine. In a time when ultramarine paint was worth more than gold he added animal blood to his flask and out burst blue, worth more than gold! I wanted vermilion like Romeo, ruby as sunset, flash lipstick, scarlet forget-me-not kisses, I would give blood to my brush for her to blush at me in that shade I would take cobalt as a new sky, azure as cornflower, schoolgirl skirt navy hiding held hands or even yellow sunflower petals. Dutch painters whispering “she loves me… she loves me… she loves me…” Our teacher didn’t tell us that the creation of prussian blue led to the isolation of cyanide. I can’t breathe without [???] the poison, it’s apple seeds and seeping through junior-high gym floorboards when you watch your best friend dance with boys who will never be you! I always liked friendship bracelets more than promise rings. My middle-school diaries are filled with girls, like a pick-pocket sketching the Hope Diamond. I’d be lining my [???] with stolen glances. I don’t have a partner in crime to keep me warm. I know the signs. The teacher’s assistant, a nice junior who comes to school with cherry eyes every time her lab partner gets a new boyfriend. Throw over your men! My history professor and her roommate of 15 years. I say someone in another time will remember us. I want to be five years old mixing all the colours until i get the drark brown of her Monet shoulder freckles, and you give a Valentine to everyone in class.
@horsecrazy2266
@horsecrazy2266 8 жыл бұрын
I think it's lining my coat
@horsecrazy2266
@horsecrazy2266 8 жыл бұрын
***** Sometimes people would like the words (to look at or if they speak another language)
@horsecrazy2266
@horsecrazy2266 8 жыл бұрын
***** I think someone else wrote it down :). I was just answering for why a lot of people like it
@horsecrazy2266
@horsecrazy2266 8 жыл бұрын
***** It's okay :) hI! lOvE yOu anyway
@andrequeijeiraa920
@andrequeijeiraa920 7 жыл бұрын
Sophie Schmidt
@jilianjilianson7193
@jilianjilianson7193 9 жыл бұрын
This is so comforting, it's exactly what being gay in high school and having a crush on a friend is like. Favourite poem
@sophiereadstoomuch
@sophiereadstoomuch 9 жыл бұрын
this is honestly my favourite of all rhiannon's poems. suddenly I'm starting to see colours that I didn't know existed.
@its_sigh9545
@its_sigh9545 9 жыл бұрын
Freshman year of high school, I fell in love with a girl who considered me her best friend. Her boyfriend liked me, he thought I was funny. She is an artist. She paints all the time. She has natural curly hair. No words can explain how hard this poem hit me.
@duravis0065
@duravis0065 8 жыл бұрын
I was only nine when I started seeing girls differently, and one in particular. I remember her, naturally curly hair.
@alwaysaugust4436
@alwaysaugust4436 5 жыл бұрын
This is the one slam poem that can really get to me no matter how many times I hear it. "I can't draw a straight line anymore but that's okay, her hair is naturally curly."
@BriWhite0
@BriWhite0 8 жыл бұрын
Her poems always give me chills omgg
@garfieldlemanski1731
@garfieldlemanski1731 9 жыл бұрын
I always thought poetry was for people who thought deeply into things and could right amazing poems I cannot write poems at all (not that I know of) Listening to her and the others like in "Somewhere in America" I actually started to cry and realized my love for poetry I listened to others and I cannot satisfy my thirst for true poetry at its finest The amount of thought that must go into every word is amazing I'd love to be able to write such a powerful poem that it brings people to tears
@professionalcoffeeaddict4229
@professionalcoffeeaddict4229 9 жыл бұрын
Same
@kaitlynruiz2879
@kaitlynruiz2879 8 жыл бұрын
I can agree so much to that. I never relived how much I loved poetry until I listened to these.
@sparkytheterabithian7526
@sparkytheterabithian7526 7 жыл бұрын
You know what, that is such a great speech.
@oliviapodraza2597
@oliviapodraza2597 6 жыл бұрын
try. don’t make it perfect just feel it when you say it and it is already on its way to being poetry
@artoriastheabysswalker3206
@artoriastheabysswalker3206 8 жыл бұрын
I absolutely adore this poem. I love how she's so nervous at the beginning, it really feels like she's in love with whoever this poem is about. Even if her nervousness is really just stage fright, I think she's behaving exactly like I do when I'm in love and I really like her performance. Thanks Rhiannon
@WillowJaie
@WillowJaie 8 жыл бұрын
She's actually crying at the beginning
@ManicureSlick
@ManicureSlick Жыл бұрын
"I say someone in another time will remember us" - Sappho. I've listened to this poem so many times for so many years and it just hit me. You're a genius, Rhiannon
@just.dee555
@just.dee555 2 жыл бұрын
“remember your purpose, poet. remember why you wrote it” 😩💓
@hileman8600
@hileman8600 2 жыл бұрын
this poem finds me every couple years. its one of the ones i remember the most. how i have changed so much, yet her words stay the same. but the meaning and how they hit me change. i hope she has found beautiful love.
@Aria26-f2b
@Aria26-f2b 5 жыл бұрын
Damn if only this girl knew. She truly loved and love till it hurt. I personally don’t believe when people say they love me or are in love with me but if they ever wrote me something like this I would cry and believe it. I envie the girl she wrote this for ❤️
@kstorey94
@kstorey94 8 жыл бұрын
I related to this so immensely that I couldn't help but cry.....for hours.
@theresafrancis451
@theresafrancis451 7 жыл бұрын
Remember your purpose poet, remember why you wrote it.I love how crowds in these competitions are so kind and encouraging.
@PhantomPhreafication
@PhantomPhreafication 9 жыл бұрын
I didn't think I'd find anyone who understood so well, but here it is, spoken in colors that I see every day, a feeling of connection as I cry while I listen to your voice tip towards tears.
@helluvo
@helluvo 3 жыл бұрын
i come back to this poem always
@lillianhatch2035
@lillianhatch2035 8 жыл бұрын
Whenever I hear one of her poems I just get chills, she is amazing
@oliviatuel2354
@oliviatuel2354 9 жыл бұрын
I promised myself I wouldn't cry
@TheStrangelyLiteral
@TheStrangelyLiteral 9 жыл бұрын
The more I watch this, the more it takes my breath away and leaves my guts in all kinds of knots. Needless to say, I can relate.
@MediumGhettoMachiavellian
@MediumGhettoMachiavellian 10 жыл бұрын
Amazing Rhiannon one of my favorite pieces by you so far
@PolesitterPictures
@PolesitterPictures 9 жыл бұрын
This was wonderfully raw, and I know exactly what that's like, Rhiannon, because that all happened to me, too. I know I'm not alone, but it's always nice to have a reminder. Thank you. It means a lot. :)
@bearfamous_
@bearfamous_ 5 жыл бұрын
I realized today that “I say someone in another time will remember us” is a reference to a Sappho poem!
@robinhood9409
@robinhood9409 9 жыл бұрын
This is beautiful. Well done Rhiannon.
@user-jq4ee9zv9o
@user-jq4ee9zv9o 3 жыл бұрын
This is my favorite poem ever
@betina4257
@betina4257 6 жыл бұрын
Used to cry while listening to this 2 years ago bc it was relatable. Now the girl I cried for is my girlfriend :)
@caseycoyle8209
@caseycoyle8209 4 жыл бұрын
I remember listing to this when I was 14 and crying
@DaniMorganCharity
@DaniMorganCharity 9 жыл бұрын
She is incredible
@lovebriny
@lovebriny 9 жыл бұрын
Everything. Yes each emotion, and word was as it should be. Thank You for this.
@mckennakaszynski7412
@mckennakaszynski7412 5 жыл бұрын
"You're not supposed to look at your friends like that" To the girl I loved years ago: you still hold my heart
@CREATIVEART100
@CREATIVEART100 9 жыл бұрын
I feel this and relate to this on an emotion level I can not even imagine. She is a marvelous poet and this had to be my favorite as I'm an artist and having the same experience (except in Highschool )
@mileycass7
@mileycass7 9 жыл бұрын
I love her poems so much all of them are perfect, gives me chills
@JanuaryLovesSelena
@JanuaryLovesSelena 5 жыл бұрын
“Watching your best friend dance with boys who will never be you” STORY OF MY LIFE
@xNoToUrZx
@xNoToUrZx 9 жыл бұрын
This is my favorite of her poems I listen to it everyday and have it memorized, it's so good I cry every time.
@xNoToUrZx
@xNoToUrZx 7 жыл бұрын
why am i watching this in class now im crying frick
@chaoxiangalula4086
@chaoxiangalula4086 Жыл бұрын
This poem always makes me cry :(
@ajkillem8850
@ajkillem8850 8 жыл бұрын
this has touched me so much I couldn't help but cry.
@lexie6299
@lexie6299 9 жыл бұрын
I love how she is so powerful in this. Amazing!!
@katemaguirebuck4486
@katemaguirebuck4486 9 жыл бұрын
I watch this all the time but this is the first time I've probably understood it and this is what I love about Rhiannon's poetry
@septunderground
@septunderground 7 жыл бұрын
"You are not supposed to look at your friends like that" I am DELIGHTEDDD by this
@hayleerose2988
@hayleerose2988 9 жыл бұрын
I really wanna do this for forensics but I know I'll never do it as good as her. she's so wonderful jfc
@whateverlol2767
@whateverlol2767 3 жыл бұрын
I used to sob to this poem every day on the bus before school lol how times have changed. Still such a beautiful poem.
@kiararose8896
@kiararose8896 4 жыл бұрын
I found like 5 years ago and it’s still one of my favorite poems. I’m bisexual and have synesthesia, this hits different.
@haleybingham8271
@haleybingham8271 9 жыл бұрын
This poem is just so amazing I can't put it in to words.
@Yellowducky665
@Yellowducky665 7 жыл бұрын
It's been two years since the first time I watched this, but I cry almost every time I see this again. This poem has touched me so much, given me so much hope and love. Rhiannon McGavin, thank you for this poem. Its words and themes are so beautiful.
@_emily.virginia_2707
@_emily.virginia_2707 8 жыл бұрын
why is this so relatable.... and why do I have to cry at everything
@huntermarcus750
@huntermarcus750 8 жыл бұрын
She gives me chills I connect with this so much
@laurengracelove
@laurengracelove 8 жыл бұрын
I love this. I've never been able to put the feeling to words and you did it perfectly. Bravo Rhiannon
@bambiboo2369
@bambiboo2369 9 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of the character Natalie in the book Love Letters to the Dead. Couldn't have fit her more perfectly. Beautiful.
@chasingthestarsxoxo1084
@chasingthestarsxoxo1084 7 жыл бұрын
Rhiannon is definitely my favorite poet there is and I look up to her😊
@orangeaccount7535
@orangeaccount7535 8 жыл бұрын
every time i watch this i think of a different girl just as beautiful
@duravis0065
@duravis0065 8 жыл бұрын
I got chills four times through this. Wow.
@amandawerner7637
@amandawerner7637 9 жыл бұрын
got goosebumps from this
@miapinnick697
@miapinnick697 8 жыл бұрын
everytime i need to ground myself, i take myself back here. seeing rhiannon's passion and emotion run free and watching her stand her ground just inspires me to be just as free and passionate in my craft one day. not only that but never before has something so accurately captured that immense overwhelming realisation as a young gay person finding their way in life that your heart knows others more than your brain knows itself
@sneeze1647
@sneeze1647 6 жыл бұрын
This was so beautiful and heart breaking it nearly brought me to tears.
@bisexualantigone
@bisexualantigone 9 жыл бұрын
Oh she's so nervous... dear.. I know how it feels. You can do it, I love this very much
@fairlyjamie644
@fairlyjamie644 6 жыл бұрын
i just burst into tears
@aylinitzel.
@aylinitzel. 7 жыл бұрын
I can’t tell you how hard this hits home. Falling in love with girl friends who will never love you, but constantly drawing portrait after portrait because she’s so beautiful.
@spezria26
@spezria26 9 жыл бұрын
This was actually so beautiful and amazing and.... ugh absolutely flawless and moving.
@gracecondon6222
@gracecondon6222 7 жыл бұрын
i literally cry every time i watch this it's such a beautiful poem
@Nicktotheleft
@Nicktotheleft 9 жыл бұрын
Wow. Reminds me of someone I care about. Beautiful.
@ambercastner8526
@ambercastner8526 7 жыл бұрын
she has such a powerful voice when saying poetry. she is amazing
@cakeforbreakfast
@cakeforbreakfast 9 жыл бұрын
Beautiful.
@Yellowducky665
@Yellowducky665 9 жыл бұрын
Holy shit?/ This gave me the chills. Best poem I've seen yet. Really touched me.
@ginagia5936
@ginagia5936 9 жыл бұрын
this is beautiful. she's my favorite.
@ashlynnnfairchild3355
@ashlynnnfairchild3355 6 жыл бұрын
I would love to listen to her talk about poetry and how she got into slam poetry and how she became such a beautiful poet
@ajbee5881
@ajbee5881 8 жыл бұрын
That was an amazing poem. I can relate to every bit of it.
@chevvy427
@chevvy427 8 жыл бұрын
This is honestly my favorite poem.
@dianegaile
@dianegaile 6 жыл бұрын
'remember your purpose poet, remember why you wrote it' 😭😍❤
@lydiaspears4047
@lydiaspears4047 6 жыл бұрын
drew me to tears
@katschmitt1913
@katschmitt1913 7 жыл бұрын
I love her voice
@sleepy.dreamer
@sleepy.dreamer 7 жыл бұрын
oh my gosh. this is the most beautiful thing. I relate to this so much.
@bearfamous_
@bearfamous_ 6 жыл бұрын
She's breathtaking
@Celiaisbored
@Celiaisbored 3 жыл бұрын
everytime im drunk at home i end up coming back to this poem. Makes me feel like sandra cisneros said, like I'm still 16 somewhere within the current version of myself - what a special work
@stephaniemclaren9706
@stephaniemclaren9706 9 жыл бұрын
I literally had goose bumps oh my goodness
@andystanford7117
@andystanford7117 9 жыл бұрын
Fantastic!
@AffySkins
@AffySkins 9 жыл бұрын
So beautiful! I always get chills (I've watched this video and read the transcript so many times that I just have lost count). I love it as a whole, but some specific lines gave me an idea for a little shortfilm. I wish I could have permission to develop it further than just the idea of it.
@allisonjohnson9772
@allisonjohnson9772 9 жыл бұрын
If you don't mind telling me, where did you find the transcript?
@viviofalabasta4624
@viviofalabasta4624 7 жыл бұрын
I love these poems
@sugar1princess
@sugar1princess 9 жыл бұрын
Damn it!I'm crying
@sleepless-cc4mo
@sleepless-cc4mo 7 жыл бұрын
i love her voice it makes that more powerful
@sleepless-cc4mo
@sleepless-cc4mo 6 ай бұрын
16 when I wrote that. Couldn’t imagine myself bringing a girl home, introducing them to my family or what a life could even look like. I’m twenty two now, I imagine our home together, she comes over often, I still hold her hand tighter when people look at us. I can imagine our life together.
@xNoToUrZx
@xNoToUrZx 4 жыл бұрын
This still makes me sob
@hannahkline9104
@hannahkline9104 8 жыл бұрын
This poem hit me so hard.
@maxcarter2974
@maxcarter2974 8 жыл бұрын
So many chills.
@walkergirl02
@walkergirl02 9 жыл бұрын
This is so powerful
@madsterpiece
@madsterpiece 5 жыл бұрын
this one. this one i watched once and her description of sunflowers and painting and swirls stuck in me. cant believe i found it again
@isabelleviolet6872
@isabelleviolet6872 9 жыл бұрын
There are real tears im so
@delaneydimarco8076
@delaneydimarco8076 4 жыл бұрын
Still my favorite spoken word poem
@tangysadness5309
@tangysadness5309 8 жыл бұрын
i can relate to this so much oml
@gcakes1
@gcakes1 7 жыл бұрын
GOOSEBUMPS OMG
@tryingtobeeloquent
@tryingtobeeloquent 7 жыл бұрын
I have no words. Wow.
@lilianhennebryosborne8838
@lilianhennebryosborne8838 7 жыл бұрын
holy fuck this took my breathe away, instantly my favourite of hers
@woodsarthobbies6515
@woodsarthobbies6515 9 жыл бұрын
This is a powerful poem.
@xx_ratfucker321_xx2
@xx_ratfucker321_xx2 3 жыл бұрын
Favorite line I practice hours of shading trying to recreate the light in your eyes I see 2 meanings 1. The girl she’s shading for is depressed and she want to put light back in them 2 the girl has such beautiful light in her eyes and Ann knows she can’t try and make it herself
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